Forward
The best fan fiction is conceived when a writer decides she is going to solve an apparent problem, or plot hole, in a particularly favorite story. Thus, this fan fiction was written to solve two apparent issues in the How to Train Your Dragon universe.
1. If Meatlug is described in Gronkle Iron as being the slowest of the Berkian dragons, then how in the world was she able to outfly the Screaming Death in Cast Out, Part 2?
2. Given the fact that the entire island of Berk was unaware of dragon hunters (with the possible exception of Stoick, who implies in How to Train Your Dragon 2 that Berk is a remote settlement for a reason), what drew the dragon hunters north on a collision course with the Dragon Riders in Race to the Edge?
This is my solution to these two problems. In writing this story, I have tried to remain as canon as possible. Any deviation from the canon storyline was carefully considered before implementation, and most deviations are minor.
